Jarrel

Living through Others’ Experiences! Randall Jarrell was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1914. Jarrell earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Vanderbilt University. In 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, but soon left the Air Corps for the army experience, which provided much material for his poetry. Some people might interpret their readings differently as to what the author of this writing was really trying to express when he wrote it. Knowing very little …

…poem was intended to have when written by Randall Jarrell. Not knowing the kind of experiences Jarrel went through in the army made it hard for me to understand. After reading this poem, I wish never to have such dark experiences in my life. Reading the last sentence in the poem, “When they washed me of the turret with a hose,” eliminates the chances of me even thinking about joining the army during war time.